[Turkey]4 TRANS SEX WORKERS ATTACKED IN ONE NIGHT
In Istanbul’s Şişli district, a woman named Gülşen was found stabbed in her home. According to the statements by Gülşen’s friends, two men who were previously her clients came to her home and attacked her with a knife and a skewer. Trans women, sex workers, and supporters arrived at Şişli Etfal Hospital, where Gülşen was taken to. Gülşen was transferred to the ICU in critical condition following a long surgery.

[FL, USA] Conference Gives Leadership Training For Transgender Rights
The National LGBTQ Task Force held a conference focusing on advocacy for transgender and non-gender-conforming individuals Friday in Miami. Attendees at the Unity on the Bay building in midtown were instructed on how to canvass neighborhoods and given leadership training.

[MA, USA] Smith College to admit transgender women in historic policy change
In the decade before her death in 1870, Sophia Smith had a problem. She was the wealthy heir of a Massachusetts farmer, but had no children of her own — what should be done with her fortune? An avid reader with a profound hearing problem, Smith thought about endowing a school for the deaf — but was beaten to the punch when another opened in New England first.